The Mortal Instruments
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The Mortal Instruments is a popular young adult urban fantasy book series by Cassandra Clare that follows teenage Shadowhunters battling demons and uncovering dark family secrets in a hidden magical world within modern-day cities.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shadowhunters | 6 |
| The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | 4 |
| City of Bones | 2 |
| The Mortal Instruments canonical | 1 |
| The Mortal Instruments series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7841653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mortal Instruments Context triple: [Julian Morgenstern, appearsIn, The Mortal Instruments]
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A.
City of Bones
City of Bones is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch investigating a decades-old murder uncovered in the Hollywood Hills.
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B.
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy is a supernatural fantasy series centered on a boarding school for vampires and their guardians, blending teen drama, romance, and political intrigue.
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C.
Scholomance trilogy
The Scholomance trilogy is a contemporary fantasy book series by Naomi Novik that follows magically gifted students struggling to survive a deadly, sentient school.
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D.
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a fantasy television series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel trilogy, featuring parallel worlds, daemons, and a young heroine’s journey against a powerful theocratic authority.
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E.
The Briar Rose series
The Briar Rose series is a celebrated set of Pre-Raphaelite paintings by Edward Burne-Jones that reinterprets the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale with richly detailed, dreamlike imagery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mortal Instruments Target entity description: The Mortal Instruments is a popular young adult urban fantasy book series by Cassandra Clare that follows teenage Shadowhunters battling demons and uncovering dark family secrets in a hidden magical world within modern-day cities.
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A.
City of Bones
City of Bones is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch investigating a decades-old murder uncovered in the Hollywood Hills.
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B.
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy is a supernatural fantasy series centered on a boarding school for vampires and their guardians, blending teen drama, romance, and political intrigue.
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C.
Scholomance trilogy
The Scholomance trilogy is a contemporary fantasy book series by Naomi Novik that follows magically gifted students struggling to survive a deadly, sentient school.
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D.
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials is a fantasy television series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel trilogy, featuring parallel worlds, daemons, and a young heroine’s journey against a powerful theocratic authority.
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E.
The Briar Rose series
The Briar Rose series is a celebrated set of Pre-Raphaelite paintings by Edward Burne-Jones that reinterprets the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale with richly detailed, dreamlike imagery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
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urban fantasy series ⓘ young adult novel series ⓘ |
| author | Cassandra Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
family secrets
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forbidden love ⓘ good versus evil ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresGroup |
Downworlders
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Shadowhunters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSupernaturalBeing |
demons
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faeries ⓘ vampires ⓘ warlocks ⓘ werewolves ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Alicante NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalOrganization |
The Circle
NERFINISHED
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The Clave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fifthBook | City of Lost Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationOf | City of Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalBookPublicationYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| firstBook | City of Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| fourthBook | City of Fallen Angels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
paranormal romance
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urban fantasy ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTelevisionAdaptation | Shadowhunters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprintOfPublisher | Simon & Schuster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alec Lightwood
NERFINISHED
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Clary Fray NERFINISHED ⓘ Isabelle Lightwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Jace Wayland NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnus Bane NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 6 ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Shadowhunter Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Margaret K. McElderry Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Dark Artifices
NERFINISHED
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The Infernal Devices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondBook | City of Ashes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Idris
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| sixthBook | City of Heavenly Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | teenagers ⓘ |
| thirdBook | City of Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mortal Instruments Description of subject: The Mortal Instruments is a popular young adult urban fantasy book series by Cassandra Clare that follows teenage Shadowhunters battling demons and uncovering dark family secrets in a hidden magical world within modern-day cities.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Mortal Instruments series
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Shadowhunters
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Shadowhunters
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
this entity surface form:
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
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Shadowhunters
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City of Bones
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Shadowhunters
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Shadowhunters
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Shadowhunters
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City of Bones